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(Case study) Smart manufacturing at scale: Bayer and Factorytalk’s Composable Digital Transformation Journey

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About This Case Study

This case study highlights how Bayer Indonesia partnered with Factorytalk to deliver smart manufacturing at scale using a composable MES approach built on the Tulip platform.

It demonstrates how flexibility, governance, and practical execution can coexist in a regulated GxP environment.

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What This Case Study Reviews

The case study reviews Bayer Indonesia’s journey from paper-based and fragmented manufacturing processes to a scalable, compliant digital execution model.

It covers:

  • Why Bayer chose flexibility over monolithic MES
  • How a citizen developer model accelerated digital capability
  • Factorytalk’s role in turning composable technology into a GMP-ready MES
  • The phased rollout strategy and measurable operational impact
  • Key lessons for scaling smart manufacturing across global sites

Bayer Q&A

Smart Manufacturing at Scale

Bayer needed a system that could evolve with operations.

A composable approach allowed teams to start small, deliver value quickly, and scale incrementally

—without being locked into rigid, monolithic architectures.

Reducing lead time from dispense to release, eliminating paper-based execution, improving data integrity, and gaining real-time visibility into materials, production status, and performance.

Factorytalk bridged Tulip’s composable technology with Bayer’s GMP requirements

—ensuring compliance, practical execution, and alignment across IT, QA, Engineering, and Operations.

By avoiding a big-bang rollout, aligning stakeholders early, and focusing on execution over perfection.

The phased roadmap allowed value to be realised early while maintaining momentum.

Faster release cycles, automated batch documentation, improved data accuracy, reduced rework and scrap, better machine utilisation, and real-time operational visibility.

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